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March 17, 2010
Mystery/Crime
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Just because you're excited someone wants to represent you doesn't mean you should let them take advantage of you. Beware of these red flags when negotiating contracts with agents.

by Howard G. Zaharoff
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Answer the following questions for each of your main characters to help figure out how each one fits in your novel.

by Leigh Michaels
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When joining a writing group, you have to make sure you’re in good company. Here’s how.  

by Gigi Rosenberg Read more
Lessons and tips for working on specific aspects of your writing.
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Turn your dream novel into a reality by taking some tips from the worksite and using this Story Plan Checklist.

by Karen S. Wiesner
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Having scribed detective novels and written for HBO’s “The Wire,” George Pelecanos knows what it takes to get down and dirty for his own brand of social crime fiction.

by Jordan E. Rosenfeld
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NaNoWriMo’s Chris Baty shares five tips for writing your book in a month.

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Ken McBeath's "The Fish Ivory Man" took first place in the Mystery/Crime category of the 2008 Writer's Digest Popular Fiction Awards. To read the grand-prize winning entry and other first-place finishers, click here. Read more
Revising is often perceived as frustrating and overwhelming, but Write Great Fiction: Revision & Self-Editing by James Scott Bell gives you the guidance you need to revise like a pro.

In this excerpt from chapter fifteen, discover why it's so important to do a careful first read-through of your manuscript before you start the revising and editing. Read more
Find out why Christy Award-winning novelist and Art of War for Writers and Write Great Fiction: Plot & Structure author James Scott Bell thinks setting a personal writing quota is so important, and much more.  Read more